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Post by commandercryptarch on Mar 28, 2017 12:08:54 GMT
Just a random thought/question I had .
It is definitely not called Andromeda by the locals ,right? Andromeda is justa a name humans gave to it based on Greek mythology. I also think the locals have a different name for the Milky Way.
Does that ever appear in-game? I have played about 30 hours but I 'd like to know whether anyone has seen this later in the game?
It's not that important but it would be a nice little detail.
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Post by ralph2449 on Mar 28, 2017 12:52:19 GMT
Highly doubt they bothered doing that, a small detail that would require a ton of effort, so probably not worth it, game still talks like "we are from the milky way" as if the aliens in heleus are somehow supposed to know what that is.
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Post by poekel on Mar 28, 2017 13:18:11 GMT
It is definitely not called Andromeda by the locals ,right? Andromeda is justa a name humans gave to it based on Greek mythology. I also think the locals have a different name for the Milky Way. Well, they'll just use the word defining their galaxy and that word than gets automatically translated into Andromeda. There would not really be a difference between the translator translating "woifjeawsfdij" into "Chair" and "murkligux" into "Andromeda". Both would have specific meanings that could be translated into their human language counterparts. With the translator they use in Mass Effect, you will barely have the need for "local" names. |
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Post by Archangel on Mar 28, 2017 14:06:12 GMT
Am I the only one who hates the name "Milky Way" ?
Fine for a candy bar...not a galaxy.
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Post by dmc1001 on Mar 28, 2017 14:14:00 GMT
Am I the only one who hates the name "Milky Way" ? Fine for a candy bar...not a galaxy. What's wrong with it? The candy bar came later. Some research shows "milky way" is a translation of the Latin "milky circle". Is naming a planet after a goddess of love any better? |
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Post by Archangel on Mar 28, 2017 14:19:26 GMT
Am I the only one who hates the name "Milky Way" ? Fine for a candy bar...not a galaxy. What's wrong with it? The candy bar came later. Some research shows "milky way" is a translation of the Latin "milky circle". Is naming a planet after a goddess of love any better? Might want to review your Greek mythology. |
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Post by flyingovertrout on Mar 28, 2017 14:23:33 GMT
The word galaxy itself is derived from the Greek word for milky.
Old dead people had space boobs on the mind even then.
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Post by commandercryptarch on Mar 28, 2017 15:23:32 GMT
I 'm greek. "Gala" means milk.
In my language we don't have a specific name for the galaxy we live in,the "Milky Way". When talking about OUR galaxy or galaxies in general ,we use the same name which is "galaxias".
In written form though, our galaxy (MW) starts with a capital letter .There is the distinction.
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Post by zan on Mar 28, 2017 15:31:16 GMT
According to wiki, Angara decided to get very creative with naming it
jave jarevaon - "our galaxy", refers to Andromeda
However they do have a name for MW
Jarevaon Imasaf - "the Masaf Shell Galaxy", refers to the Milky Way
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Post by commandercryptarch on Mar 28, 2017 15:34:12 GMT
According to wiki, Angara decided to get very creative with naming it jave jarevaon - "our galaxy", refers to Andromeda However they do have a name for MW Jarevaon Imasaf - "the Masaf Shell Galaxy", refers to the Milky Way Thanks !!  I have been so busy playing the game I haven't had the time to search wikis and read all codex entries. |
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Post by tenny on Mar 28, 2017 15:51:30 GMT
According to wiki, Angara decided to get very creative with naming it jave jarevaon - "our galaxy", refers to Andromeda However they do have a name for MW Jarevaon Imasaf - "the Masaf Shell Galaxy", refers to the Milky Way When you think about it, we weren't very creative with some names either... We call our home planet "dirt", after all.  |
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Post by SwobyJ on Mar 28, 2017 20:33:45 GMT
According to wiki, Angara decided to get very creative with naming it jave jarevaon - "our galaxy", refers to Andromeda However they do have a name for MW Jarevaon Imasaf - "the Masaf Shell Galaxy", refers to the Milky Way When you think about it, we weren't very creative with some names either... We call our home planet "dirt", after all. Yep. But to go further, the names for our galaxy tend to have to do with the ideas of an ethereal sky river of providing life. In that general sense, the ME system and forms of travel (Citadel, Mass Relays) work thematically. The space of the Milky Way may be beyond our current reach, but MET is a story of being carried along paths, streams provided for us, intentional or unintentional. It is in Andromeda that we have to 'find new paths', in a wider 'sea'. |
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